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Evan has been promoting the #IAmNotOK movemen, which is encouraging victims of domestic abuse share their stories

Trigger warning: She also shared a photo of scars on her arm from self-harm, saying: 'When my abuser would threaten or attack me, I cut my wrist as a way to disarm him'

Evan, pictured at the Women's March in January, has been vocal about her struggles recently, penning an essay for Nylon magazine about her experience with domestic abuse

'I'm not OK because I don't remember what it feels like to not be scared.'

She captioned the post with the words 'Why #IAmNotOK,' referencing the #IAmNotOK movement. The movement is encouraging victims of domestic abuse share their stories.

Later, she spoke on the Dax Shepard podcast about her experience, and revealed more about being a domestic abuse survivor: 'I'm a survivor myself, and it wasn't until very recently that I really came to terms with everything and was even able to identify what had happened.'

'When it happens it's very complicated; you lie to yourself, you're being lied to, you're being gas-lit in a dangerous situation.

'You lose a sense of self, and your sense of reality, because you're stuck in a nightmare.'

Evan went on to post two poignant tweets yesterday, writing: '#IAmNotOk because I had to pretend like I was ok when people were around me and my abuser. But they never knew what happened when they left and I was alone with him.'

Evan posted these two poignant tweets yesterday, using the hashtag #IAmNotOk which highlights stories of abuse

She went on:'#IAmNotOkay because my abuser forced me to do things on video that I hated so that he could use it against me if I ever talked. #revengeporn #blackmail is #domesticviolence.'

Evan's followers were inspired by her bravery and took to Twitter to share their own experiences, which the actress went on to repost.

'#IAmNotOkay because being made to believe your feelings are unvalid and irrational, to feel like you're always wrong and in the wrong, is no way to live in a relationship. Emotional abuse matters too,' one wrote.

Another commented: 'I didn't know how to get out. First lawyer I asked for help said that divorce would bankrupt me. He told me to work harder and save some money and maybe I'd be able to leave in a few more years. He told me I had made a bad choice and needed to face the consequences #IAmNotOkay.'

A survivor spoke about their journey to heal from abuse, saying: '#IAmNotOkay but I am just now starting the long journey to being okay, 10+ years later. There was so much that happened all the time, and I never thought trauma work would be so lonely, but I'm moving towards healing one day at a time.'

Evan went on to share tweets from others on her Twitter feed that used the domestic violence hashtag #IAmNotOk

Earlier in the week, Evan posted several other times on Instagram with the #IAmNotOK hashtag,encouraging others to follow suit.

One photograph showed a close-up of scars on her arm from self-harm, still red and etched above her wrist.

Adding a trigger warning, she wrote that this was taken two years into her abusive relationship.

'I resorted to self harm. When my abuser would threaten or attack me, I cut my wrist as a way to disarm him. It only made the abuse stop temporarily. At that point I was desperate to stop the relentless abuse and I was too terrified to leave,' she wrote.

Evan also revealed that in 2010 she was sent home from photoshoots early because she could barely stand.

'The day of this photoshoot, I was so weakened by an abusive relationship,' she captioned some images. 'I was emaciated, severely depressed, and could barely stand. I fell into a pool of tears and was sent home for the day.'

The mother-of-one has been very open about her struggles recently, and wrote an essay for Nylon last month about her suicide attempt.

She shared these photographs from a magazine photoshoot in 2010, and says she was sent home early

She revealed in the piece that she voluntarily entered a psychiatric hospital at the age of 22 after trying to take her own life.

Evan referred to her time in the treatment center as 'the worst, best thing that ever happened to me,' maintaining that 'I have absolutely no shame about it.'

Wood said: 'My mind was not a peaceful place. My mind at the time was filled with scars and shadows and, most importantly, so much shame. I was struggling with PTSD and didn't know it. PTSD is considered a mental illness; it can be caused by a number of things and is not limited to brave service people.

'My PTSD was caused by multiple rapes and a severely abusive relationship that went on for years.'

Evan has had several significant relationships. She started dating dating English actor Jamie Bell in 2005. She was publicly dating Marilyn Manson starting in early 2007, and the pair got engaged in 2010 but split seven months later.

She later got back together with Jamie, and they got married on October 30, 2012 and had a son together. They split in 2014.

She also dated The L Word’s Katherine Moennig, then was engaged to her Rebel and a Basketcase bandmate Zach Villa until September 2017.